Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-12-15
BeetOMn.

Saturday, Dec. oath, will be carnival
day in our village. There will be big
shooting match in the daytime, with
other amusements, A Christmas tree,
with appropriate exercises at the church
in the evening. The latter will be con-
Quoted by Supt Jamison, assisted by
Prof's. Henderson, and Harper, and
others.
Capt. Eli amused and instructed a
good sized audience again on Wednes-
day evening. He presented the hand
soonest young lady in the audience with
an album, and Auguste was made hap
Ply with tin rattle box for not trying to
pass as dude. Capt. Eli presented
the Sunday school with one fifth of the
gross receipts of each evening.
Charley Bennett, having decimated
the town of Waterloo. has now begun
operation in our town, but it is hoped
that he will let us off as easily as pos
sible. If he has received a dime for
every mile he has travelled in quest of
rogues the past year, he ought to be
able to start bank or buy out county
newspaper, or run for an office next fall.
He is certainly never idle.
The hog cholera, working its way
east from Glen Haven. is now prevail
ing in the Northwestern part of this
town, and Hogtown will soon be hog
town in name only. p. j. Schloessor
lost twenty head this week, and il is
estimated that there are at least $4,000
worth of hogs within mile of his farm
liable 10 this scourge. The owners are
therefore organizing,to use every known
means to prevent its spread.
Chairman Hickok while on his way
to town last Monday morning, was in
tercepted by pair of very large wolves
near Harley Sprague's. One was sit
ting upon each side of the road, and
they were evidently waiting to hold a
little discussion with him relating to his
having hand in giving a bounty for
the scalps of several of their relatives
during his services ON the board. As
the meeting was a perfect surprise to
him, he was not prepared with any
arguments to use, not even a pen-knife,
so he waived all proceedings, except that
of getting suddenly away from there,
and rested his case and his team
in the village as soon as the good wheel
ing would permit. That's the risk an
official runs for simply performing his
duty; even the outcast wolves get after
him.
have remarked before that the bust
ess men of our town were mostly wo-
men; that our post-office, drug store and
our large general merchandise store
We're all conducted by ladies' During
the pleasant week of the past fall when
work was pushing and help was scarce
and Joe was liable to get lazy by too
much pleasure riding, his better half has
assumed the seat of the mailcarrier,
taken the lines in her own hands
in good earnest and carried the mail to
Cassville and back, sixteen mile trip,
as promptly, and making as good time
as the next one, leaving Joe to husk
corn, chop wood or reduce his surplus
flesh in anyway that came to hand
Mrs. S. has the satisfaction of follow
ing the Beetown fashion, and also of as
sisting in keeping things moving along
thrifty, and of being the only lady mail
carrier known IN this part of the
country.
The upper and lower village schools
in the charge of Messrs Harper and
Henderson, respectively, are running
along smoothly and effectively. There
is larger attendance than usual, and a
good interest is manifested by the pu-
pills, which evidences good order and
faithful effort on the part of the teachers.
Lawrence Bonham has a school at
Fairplay; James Smith is teaching the
Knotwell school, and Miss Zoe Groshong
has the school in the Hoffman district.
Beri. Hayden has been confined to the
house by sickness for the last four weeks.
His comrades turned out last week and
got him up good wood pile.
Two things attracted my attention to-
day as being unusual at this season of
the year; the hum of the thrashing
machine saving for men and hogs by
husking and Smelling corn; and saw on
the hillside cluster of bright yellow
dandelion blossoms, shining like gold
among the brown grass and fallen
leaves.
The Misses Smith contemplate NOV
ing their store building and stock to
Bloomington. VIDI.